OUNCE DICE TRICE
by Reid, Alastair; drawings by Ben Shahn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/G
- Seller
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Owego, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Alastair Reid is a poet, translator, essayist, and scholar of Latin American literature. He had been on the staff of The New Yorker since 1959 and has translated works by Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. Among his many books for children are A Balloon for a Blunderbuss, I Keep Changing , and Millionaires (all illustrated by Bob Gill), and Supposing (illustrated by Abe Birnbaum). In 2008 he published two career-spanning collections of work, Inside Out: Selected Poetry and Translations and Outside In: Selected Prose. Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was a painter, muralist, print-maker, and illustrator. He was best known for his socially and politically informed artwork, including a famous series of paintings depicting the trial of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. His 1956 Charles Eliot Norton lectures were collected and published as The Shape of Content , and he illustrated numerous books of poetry. Ounce Dice Trice is the only book he illustrated that was written specifically for children.
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- Bookseller
- Riverow Bookshop, INC ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS281264
- Title
- OUNCE DICE TRICE
- Author
- Reid, Alastair; drawings by Ben Shahn
- Illustrator
- Black & White Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Cloth w/DJ
- Book Condition
- Used - G/G
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- (1958)
- Keywords
- Sm 4to., 57 pp., Dj price-clipped, spine tips frayed, cover edges faded,
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